From February 29 to March 7, an intraschool donation drive under the name “Korea University (KU) Student Fundraiser for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Relief” was conducted. Led by the KU Student Fundraiser for COVID-19 Relief Task Force (TF) in affiliation with the COVID-19 Special Committee of the Emergency Central Steering Committee (ECSC), the campaign raised over 20 million won, which will be donated to medical facilities in Daegu under the name “KU Student Body.”

As of 9:00 A.M. of March 7, a total of 22,423,245 won was raised through 759 separate donations. Despite setting only eight days for donation, the drive was able to conclude successfully through active publicity efforts on platforms such as Koreapas, Everytime, and group KakaoTalk chat rooms.

According to the TF’s meeting minutes, communication with medical facilities in Daegu have confirmed that supply donations are most in need. Because temporal restrictions and lack of supply made it difficult to donate disposable masks, an agreement was reached to use the final donation amount for disposable vinyl gown and cash donations.

This commendable act by KU students will hopefully contribute to relieving the national health crisis of COVID-19.